The Complete Guide to Abdominal Training: Complete Guides
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Overview
The Complete Guide to Abdominal Training replaces Abdominal Training 2nd edition.
Fully updated, in full colour, this book is packed with exercises and colour photographs to help coaches, fitness trainers and athletes improve their abdominal training programme.
This is the abdominal training bible for all those in the fitness industry. Written by an experienced physiotherapist and best-selling author, it also covers the background physiology and theory.
Includes sections on improving posture, and the science and clinical conditions of abdominal training.
The Complete Guide series gives all the theory and practice sports people, coaches and fitness enthusiasts need to incorporate good technique and improve their training regime. Packed with exercises to enhance abdominal training, and written by an experienced physiotherapist.
Written by Chris Norris, experienced physiotherapist and best-selling author of The Complete Guide to Stretching.
The Complete Guide series goes from strength to strength and is well-respected among fitness professionals and athletes.
Packed with exercises to concentrate on abdominal strength, with full colour photographs of all exercises throughout.
Includes the physiology of the abdominal muscles.
Complements The Complete Guide to Core Stability, written by a
fitness trainer. This book is written by a physiotherapist and
approaches abdominal and core training from this perspective.
Introduction
1 How the spine works
2 The trunk muscles
3 Basic concepts of abdominal training
4 Posture
5 Diet and exercise
6 Common abdominal exercises
7 Trunk exercise dangers
8 Before we start
9 Foundation
10 Level one
11 Level two
12 Level three
13 Abdominal training in sport and exercise classes
14 Abdominal training and pregnancy
15 Abdominal training in the pool
16 Abdominal training following surgery
18 Abdominal muscle research
19 Planning your abdominal training programme
Index of exercises
Index
Notes
This book is a definitive guide to getting your belly in shape.
If you’re desperate to blitz your belly fat, this book is packed with pages of tips and moves to help hone your middle and improve sporting performance...Ideal for both serious athletes and those simply interested in how the body works.
- Title: The Complete Guide to Abdominal Training
- Author: Christopher Norris
- Series: Complete Guides
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Sport
- Print Publication Date: 2013
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 1
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781408195833, 9781408110218, 1408110210, 1408195836
- Resource ID: LLS:9781408195833
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T12:05:45Z
Christopher M. Norris is a Chartered Physiotherapist, sports scientist, highly successful author and established lecturer and consultant. He has over twenty years experience in treating soft tissue injuries and specialises in sports injuries and exercise therapy. As Norris Associates he runs two private clinics in Manchester and provides consultancy services to blue-chip industries and several leading sports clubs.